Monday, July 25, 2011

Georgraphy and society?

Georgraphy and society?11.
Which of the later statements about rainforests is a myth? (1 point)

* If deforested, rainforests can grow back.
* Rainforest soil is not very rich.
* Agribusiness is reliable for much of rainforest deforestation.
* Farmers in South America are often paid to protect the rainforest.

12.
Which of the later products comes from a non-renewable source? (1 point)

* apples
* maple syrup
* cotton
* oil jelly

13.
Which of the later best defines conservation? (1 point)

* maintaining and protecting a resource
* making new products out of raw materials
* wisely and dutifully using a resource
* exploiting and misusing a resource

14.
Which of the later actions does NOT promote environmental sustainability? (1 point)

* using a reusable coffee mug
* recycling metal cans
* putting paper in the trashcan
* not letting the water run while brushing your teeth

What is exponential growth? Give two examples of exponential growth.?Also, if anyone could be as kind as to help me answer any or all of the later other questions:

3. Characterize among background, ecology, environmental science, and ecology.

4. Characterize between solar capital and natural capital (natural assets).

5. What is an environmentally sustainable society? Characterize between living on the earth?s natural capital and living on the renewable biological income provided by this capital. How is this related to the sustainability of (a) the earth?s life-support system and (b) your lifestyle?

6. How rapidly is the world?s populace growing? How many people does this growth add each year?

7. Characterize between economic growth, yucky domestic product, and economic enhancement. Characterize between developed countries and rising countries and give four characteristics of each category.

8. List five pieces of excellent news and five pieces of terrible news about economic enhancement.

9. What are perpetual assets and renewable assets? Give an example of each.

10. What are sustainable yield and environmental degradation? Give five examples of environmental degradation.

11. Define and give three examples of common-property assets. What is the tragedy of the commons? Give three examples of this tragedy on a global scale. List two ways to deal with the tragedy of the commons.

12. What is the ecological footprint per person? What useful in rank does it give us about the use of renewable assets?

13. What is a nonrenewable resource? Draw a full production and saving curve for a nonrenewable resource and characterize between a physically depleted resource and an economically depleted resource.

14. Characterize between reuse and recycling, and give an example of each.

15. What is pollution? Characterize between point sources and nonpoint sources of pollution. List three types of harm caused by pollution.

16. Characterize between pollution prevention (input pollution control) and pollution cleanup (output pollution control). What are three problems with relying primarily on pollution cleanup? Why is pollution prevention better than pollution control?

17. According to environmentalists, what are five basic causes of the environmental problems we face?

18. List five ways in which poverty is related to environmental quality, peoples? quality of life, and premature deaths of poor people. Why does it make sense for a poor family to have a large number of children?

19. What is affluenza and what are its harmful environmental effects? Are you infected with the affluenza virus?

20. How can affluence help improve environmental quality?

21. Describe a simple model of relationships between populace size, resource consumption per person, and technology, and overall environmental impact. How do these factors differ in developed and rising countries?

22. From an environmental standpoint, are things getting better or worse?

23. What is an environmental worldview? Characterize between the planetary management, stewardship, and environmental wisdom environmental worldviews. Which one comes closest to your own environmental worldview?

24. List the five major environmental risks in terms of the estimated number of premature deaths per year.

25. What is environmentally sustainable economic enhancement? How does it differ from traditional economic growth and economic enhancement?

If you know of a website(s) where the answers are up, please post it because that would help a lot too. Or if you know of any website(s) that can HELP me answer these questions please post it. Unfortunately, my AP Environmental Science teacher has not given out books for the new school year and I don?t have any other way of answering the questions. Thank you for your time.

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